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Watch the AI-generated Christmas ad McDonald's pulled after massive backlash 10 December 2025 at 08:19

Watch the AI-generated Christmas ad McDonald's pulled after massive backlash

10 December 2025 at 08:19

McDonald's Netherlands unwisely decided that an AI-generated ad would be a good idea to promote its Christmas campaign. It's pretty easy to spot the tell-tale signs that something was created by an AI, especially when it includes "real" people, as this 45-second ad does.

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Google is turning Android XR into a visionOS rival with PC streaming and 3D avatars 10 December 2025 at 07:26

Google is turning Android XR into a visionOS rival with PC streaming and 3D avatars

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10 December 2025 at 07:26

In a recent presentation (above), Google outlined several new features that are now available in beta for Samsung's Galaxy XR headset. The company also explained its plans for upcoming extended reality smart glasses.

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Man who wanted $75 million for Lambo.com domain is forced to hand it over to Lamborghini 10 December 2025 at 06:33

Man who wanted $75 million for Lambo.com domain is forced to hand it over to Lamborghini

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10 December 2025 at 06:33

In February 2018, Arizona resident Richard Blair paid $10,000 for the Lambo.com domain, likely hoping to make a tidy profit by selling it – Lambo is a popular nickname for the company.

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Pentagon says its new military AI platform with Google's Gemini will make US forces "more lethal" 10 December 2025 at 05:19

Pentagon says its new military AI platform with Google's Gemini will make US forces "more lethal"

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10 December 2025 at 05:19

"The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Hegseth said. "As technologies advance, so do our adversaries. But here at the War Department, we are not sitting idly by."

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Discord is force-restarting itself on Windows 11 to stop eating your RAM 9 December 2025 at 21:09

Discord is force-restarting itself on Windows 11 to stop eating your RAM

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9 December 2025 at 21:09

Discord users who return to their Windows 11 PCs to find that the app has restarted should know this behavior isn't a glitch. It's a temporary feature meant to help the chat service resolve memory consumption issues.

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Did you know, there once was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips? 9 December 2025 at 17:22

Did you know, there once was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips?

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9 December 2025 at 17:22

Which CPU socket supported both Intel and AMD processors?

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Steam is running on Windows 7 again, thanks to a fan-made backport 9 December 2025 at 16:16

Steam is running on Windows 7 again, thanks to a fan-made backport

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9 December 2025 at 16:16

Valve ended official support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x in the Steam client just a year ago, forcing gamers clinging to those aging operating systems to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11. Now, a developer has backported a recent Steam release to the older OS, though you'll still...

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Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler 9 December 2025 at 14:33

Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler

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9 December 2025 at 14:33

According to Consumer Reports' 2025 used vehicle reliability study, Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in the US. It placed last among 26 automotive brands with a reliability ranking of 31 – below Jeep (32), Ram (35), and Chrysler (36). The study evaluated the reliability of 5- to 10-year-old models on the second-hand market.

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Run Android games on a larger screen with MEmu 9 December 2025 at 14:15

Run Android games on a larger screen with MEmu

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9 December 2025 at 14:15

MEmu is a lightweight Android emulator that delivers smooth gaming on PC, with features like keymapping, multi-instance support, and high frame rates. Like other emulators, it offers the advantage of running mobile apps on a larger screen with improved performance and precise controls.

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Over 230 environmental groups across the US are asking Congress to halt AI data-center expansion 9 December 2025 at 12:54

Over 230 environmental groups across the US are asking Congress to halt AI data-center expansion

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9 December 2025 at 12:54

A large coalition of environmentally-focused organizations has sent a scathing letter to members of Congress, urging US representatives to put the development of new data centers on hold. The letter identifies generative AI and cryptocurrency as among the most significant environmental and social threats of this generation, citing their role...

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Pebble's new Index 01 smart ring focuses on one thing: recording your voice 9 December 2025 at 12:11

Pebble's new Index 01 smart ring focuses on one thing: recording your voice

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9 December 2025 at 12:11

What makes the Index 01 unique is the fact that it was designed for a single purpose. There is no Internet connection, no subscriptions, and no speaker. It doesn't monitor health data, and it only listens when you press the button. It even works when you are out of range...

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Intel confirms "Big Battlemage" GPU, Arc B770 could debut at CES 2026 9 December 2025 at 10:57

Intel confirms "Big Battlemage" GPU, Arc B770 could debut at CES 2026

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9 December 2025 at 10:57

The G31 was recently confirmed after appearing on Intel's official website as one of the GPUs supported by the company's VTune Profiler performance analysis tool. Reports suggest that the first card to feature the new chip could be the provisionally titled Arc B770, although Intel has yet to officially confirm...

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Hundreds of Porsches across Russia stopped working after unexplained satellite outage 9 December 2025 at 09:39

Hundreds of Porsches across Russia stopped working after unexplained satellite outage

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9 December 2025 at 09:39

At the end of November, Porsche owners in cities across Russia found their luxury vehicles wouldn't start or were shutting themselves down soon after ignition.

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Someone bought a $600 PC hiding a 4070 Ti Super, Core i9-14900KS, and $700 worth of RAM 9 December 2025 at 08:44

Someone bought a $600 PC hiding a 4070 Ti Super, Core i9-14900KS, and $700 worth of RAM

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9 December 2025 at 08:44

Redditor uneektnt wrote that the PC he found at a pawn shop in Portugal had a $750 price tag, but he managed to haggle the shop down to just $600. That sounds like a good deal, but that's an understatement: it's actually an incredible bargain for the hardware it's packing.

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Google and Apple are working on easier phone switching – yes, really 9 December 2025 at 07:51

Google and Apple are working on easier phone switching – yes, really

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9 December 2025 at 07:51

Android Canary build 2512 is now available for installation on Google Pixel 6 or newer. Testers have reported that the update introduces a tool to automatically download data from iPhones, streamlining the process of switching between platforms.

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Apple pulled the ICEBlock app, now its creator is suing the government 9 December 2025 at 07:03

Apple pulled the ICEBlock app, now its creator is suing the government

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9 December 2025 at 07:03

ICEBlock allows users to anonymously report the most recent sightings of ICE agents by dropping a pin on a map and sharing those reports with others in their vicinity.

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Samsung fridge shows creepy Apple TV ad, sending woman into a psychotic episode 9 December 2025 at 06:16

Samsung fridge shows creepy Apple TV ad, sending woman into a psychotic episode

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9 December 2025 at 06:16

Samsung said in September that it would start showing ads on its Family Hub refrigerators' cover screens. According to the company, the ads are designed to enhance value for owners. Unsurprisingly, most owners aren't happy about yet another one of their screens showing ads.

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Six Years of $500 Radeon GPUs Tested: The RX 9070 Comes Out on Top 9 December 2025 at 05:13

Six Years of $500 Radeon GPUs Tested: The RX 9070 Comes Out on Top

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9 December 2025 at 05:13

We look back at six years of $500-tier Radeon cards to see where the new RX 9070 lands - and whether it finally delivers the leap AMD's midrange has needed.

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Benchmarks show Windows can still outperform SteamOS on dedicated GPUs 8 December 2025 at 18:36

Benchmarks show Windows can still outperform SteamOS on dedicated GPUs

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8 December 2025 at 18:36

Recent benchmarks from Ars Technica show that SteamOS' performance advantage over Windows 11 largely evaporates and sometimes reverses on devices with discrete graphics. Moreover, Valve's Linux distro and compatibility layer appear to worsen performance issues on GPUs with just 8GB of VRAM.

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In the age of AI and chatbots, Casio is still selling millions of calculators 8 December 2025 at 16:13

In the age of AI and chatbots, Casio is still selling millions of calculators

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8 December 2025 at 16:13

Even though more advanced solutions are available, calculators continue to sell in significant numbers in certain parts of the world. As Sato Tomoaki, senior general manager of the education division at Casio, points out, calculators remain reliable for performing math – they always give the correct answer and, unlike chatbots,...

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